{"product_id":"the-good-women-of-fudi-9781915590572","title":"The Good Women of Fudi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIn this epic story of loves lost and gained, set during the aftermath of the Opium Wars, Jiali and Wu Fang, best friends in a small harbour town of Fudi, practice sword fighting, write couplets, and strut around dressed as men. When Wu Fang returns from medical training in Japan, she is horrified to hear of Jiali's marriage to a man who cannot match her couplets and is confused by her intense feelings of jealousy towards her friend's new husband, Yanbu. Charles, a foreigner, arrives in Fudi to start a new life and grows close to Jiali, Wu Fang, and Yanbu, but when tensions between the Manchu rulers and the people rise, loyalties will be tested in more ways than they can possibly imagine. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 02 May 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Scribe Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImperial China meets Edwardian England in this epic story of loves lost and gained, set during the aftermath of the Opium Wars. Best friends Jiali and Wu Fang know that no man is a match for them. In their small harbour town of Fudi, they practise sword fighting, write couplets to one another, and strut around dressed as men. Jiali is a renowned poet, and Wu Fang is going to be China's first female surgeon. But when Wu Fang returns from medical training in Japan, she is horrified to hear of Jiali's marriage to a man who cannot even match her couplets, and confused by her intense feelings of jealousy towards her friend's new husband, Yanbu. Ocean man Charles has arrived in Fudi to start a new life. He eschews the company of his fellow foreigners, preferring to spend time with new colleague Yanbu, his wife, Jiali, and her friend, Wu Fang. Over the course of several months, he grows close to them all, in increasingly confusing ways, but what will happen when he is forced to choose between his country and his friends? As tensions between the Manchu rulers and the people rise, and foreign battleships gather out to sea, loyalties will be tested in more ways than Jiali, Wu Fang, Yanbu, and Charles can possibly imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 274g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 198 x 130 x 24 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781915590572\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liu Hong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":45911242768634,"sku":"9781915590572","price":7.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1714765382830_book.jpg?v=1715413607","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-good-women-of-fudi-9781915590572","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}